Proto-Indo-European
*megʰ-
‘to be able’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-.
93 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-, most familiar first.
- may ← magen ← magan ← *magan ← *maganą
- might ← maught ← maht ← *mahti ← *mahtiz
- main ← mayn ← mæġen ← *maginą
- mechanical ← mechanic ← mecanique ← mēchanicus ← μηχανικός
- mechanism ← mechanismus ← μηχᾰνή
- mechanics ← mēchanicus ← μηχανικός ← μηχανή
- mighty ← mihtiġ ← *mahtīg ← *mahtīgaz ← *mahtiz
- yay ← llello ← yeyo ← desmayo ← desmayar
- mechanic ← mekanyk ← mecanique ← mēchanicus ← μηχανικός
- magician ← magicien ← magicien
- mechanically ← mechanical ← mechanical ← mechanic ← mecanique
- dismay ← dismayen ← *desmaiier ← esmaier ← *exmagare
More words from *megʰ-
- mower
- mage
- mecha
- mightily
- machinist
- magus
- biomechanics
- biomechanical
- yayo
- maun
- machination
- mechanist
- micromechanical
- thermomechanical
- photomechanical
- optomechanical
- micromechanics
- servomechanism
- nanomechanical
- aeromechanics
- aeromechanical
- aeromechanic
- antimechanism
- biomechanic
- bionanomechanics
- biomechanism
- chemomechanical
- chemomechanics
- cytomechanical
- cytomechanics
- demonomagy
- ecomechanics
- endomechanical
- histomechanical
- hydromechanics
- hydromechanical
- iatromechanical
- immechanical
- magophony
- macromechanical
- mechanicalness
- mechanicality
- mechanicalize
- mesomechanics
- mechanicalization
- mechanismic
- mechanicism
- micromechanism
- mought
- morphomechanical
- morphomechanics
- nanomechanism
- nanomechanics
- neuromechanical
- neuromechanics
- neuromechanism
- neuromechanic
- nonmechanical
- optomechanics
- osmomechanical
- pathomechanism
- pathomechanics
- pathomechanical
- palaeomechanical
- physiomechanical
- piezomechanical
- postmechanical
- premechanical
- psychomechanics
- pyromechanical
- pyromechanism
- semimechanical
- submechanism
- telemechanic
- telemechanical
- telemechanism
- telemechanics
- thermomechanics
- tribomechanical
- unmechanical
- unmechanistic
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-